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	<title>life hereafter &#187; government</title>
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	<description>random musings from a wannabe economist</description>
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		<title>on airlines &amp; baggage</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/04/18/on-airlines-baggage/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/04/18/on-airlines-baggage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As anyone who has ever flown in, once seen, or thought about an airplane, I feel as though it is my patriotic duty to add my inflation adjusted $0.02 into the mix.
In-case you have been hiding under a rock for the past week, Spirit Airlines announced that they will charge up to $45 for passengers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>life, death and taxes</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/03/31/life-death-and-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/03/31/life-death-and-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=404</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, the government is really fast at pulling money right out of your bank account when you owe them. I guess times are tough&#8230;
Speaking of taxes, I just finished completing the paper forms for my seventh and final state. Whew. If I was deciding where to live based solely on Tax forms I&#8217;m pretty sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>census recommendations</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/03/08/census-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/03/08/census-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear President Omaba;
I know you and the Congress are currently struggling with small ways we can reduce the national debt that won&#8217;t greatly impact everyone. As I was reviewing my mail this evening I saw a letter from the US Department of Commerce with the words 2010 Census on the envelope. Thinking that this was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>well-intentioned government-created waste</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/01/02/well-intentioned-government-created-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/01/02/well-intentioned-government-created-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a tremendous example of well-meaning government creating inefficients and waste. Take a look at the article from across the pond:
Twelve million low-energy light bulbs were posted to households over Christmas  by an energy company as part of its legal obligation to cut carbon  emissions, despite government advice that many would never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>great quote</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/30/great-quote/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/30/great-quote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fantastic article, as always, by Bruce:
A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy a country&#8217;s way of life; it&#8217;s only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage. The more we undermine our own laws, the more we convert our buildings into fortresses, the more we reduce the freedoms and liberties at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>kudos al-queda</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/30/kudos-al-queda/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/30/kudos-al-queda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Al-Queda,
Congratulations! Look&#8217;s like once again you have struck a victory even in the face of what looks like defeat. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, your plans were not foiled in any way. The security measures in place absolutely failed to notice anything suspicious. The only thing that went wrong was your man screwed up. So, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>get real</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/04/get-real/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/04/get-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time for me to take a moment to talk about my favorite topic, the  way we measure our unemployment rate and misinformed reactions. Take this headline from earlier today:
Rally loses steam on Wall Street after early surge fueled by jobs report.
This &#8220;rally&#8221; was a 148 point rise in the DOW moments after the market opened. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>to crash a state dinner</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/26/to-crash-a-state-dinner/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/26/to-crash-a-state-dinner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The cable news media was domonated this morning with the story about a couple who &#8220;crashed&#8221; a White House state dinner this past Tuesday. First off, if this is true, it speaks volumes about the security practices currently in place. It&#8217;s not like this was a covert operation in a Bond movie where they landed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>healthcare commentary</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/24/healthcare-commentary/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/24/healthcare-commentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read an interesting passage in The Undercover Economist which directly applies to the current healthcare debate even though it was published back in 2005.
Hartford, the book&#8217;s author, describes the current failure of the &#8220;free market&#8221; in providing an adequate healthcare system in the United States as four-fold:

Imperfect information, patients know more about how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>history books</title>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/22/history-books/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/11/22/history-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>britoman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.christopherbrito.com/?p=355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder what school children will read in history textbooks 50 years from now?
Will they actually call this the Great Recession and outline the programs put in place by the Bush/Obama administrations aimed at restarting lending (TALF), propping up asset prices (TARP) and creating jobs (ARRA)? Will they look back the way we [...]]]></description>
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